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Teachings of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 04:06 PMThe East Calcutta Wetlands are an unappealing mixture of poverty, sunshine and wastewater. The people here have patiently and wisely transformed this ecosystem into an oportunity for food, employment and purified water- for free!
Genocide by indifference
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 03:40 PMThe Ramganga has many impediments in the course of its 655 kilometer stretch from its origin in the mountains of Uttarakhand to its confluence with the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh. In addition to the Kalagarh Dam, there are already two barrages along its length and now a third one is coming up a few kilometers from Bareilly.
A water supply system that even Delhi would envy
Posted on 06 Jul, 2014 08:28 PMVisitors and the Uttarakhand Tourism Department liken the mountain to 'devbhoomi' or the heavens but it isn't often that a villager of the area echoes those sentiments. Most of them are weary of the unending struggle to live in harmony with those steep slopes that make all manner of infrastructure difficult.
Think again before you order shark fin soup!
Posted on 03 Jul, 2014 01:40 PMSharks are very important to the oceans as they control the fish population and maintain the food balance. However, many species of these predators are under threat due to human interventions, specifically shark finning.
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
Goa University shows state how to harvest rainwater
Posted on 29 Jun, 2014 09:18 AMAs a faculty of the Earth Sciences Department at Goa University, Dr. A.G Chachadi wanted to develop a facility to harvest rainwater and recharge groundwater at the campus at Taleigao Plateau. He wanted to showcase rainwater harvesting within the campus and also spread awareness on the benefits of doing it.
Dam' safety and management!
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 09:10 PMTwenty four students were washed away in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh earlier this month. The students, all from an engineering college in Hyderabad, were picknicking in the river on their way back from the tourist town of Manali. While cooling their heels in the knee deep water and clicking photographs, they missed the rising wall of water that engulfed them in minutes.
Global surface temperature breaks earlier records
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 05:30 PMGlobal surface temperature breaks past records
Closure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 04:43 PMClosure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant